SUMMARY Gastroenterologists are increasingly called upon to consider the clinical economic aspects of disease and intervention strategies in their medical
decision-making. The clinical economics of IB...

SUMMARY Bacterial infections are frequent in cirrhotic patients particularly in those admitted to hospital. Several risk factors have been implicated to explain the
propensity of cirrhotic patients to...

SUMMARY Approximately 75% of all patients with colorectal carcinoma will present at a stage when all gross carcinoma can be surgically resected. Despite the high
resectability rate, half of all patien...

SUMMARY Turkey is a bridge between east and west and a midway for many emigrations. Although there is no big ethnical groups in this country,there is a great
variation in culture, living conditions, d...

SUMMARY Collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis are two chronic inflammatory conditions, involving the large bowel. These two interesting entities, are usually
referred to under the general term m...